Claim To Fame: Republican, represents Kentucky in the Senate and is majority leader
Why He's Person of the Week: for sticking with his guns and going nuclear to confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court after Democrats mounted the first successful partisan filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee in U.S. history. Democrats, who are only interested in serving the interests of their radically-leftwing base and thus, have promised to onstruct President Trump at every turn, were determined to deny Gorsuch an up-and-down vote, despite the judge being more than qualified for the position.
Still, McConnell went on TV and guaranteed that Gorsuch would be confirmed this week. And did so, invoking the “nuclear option” to gut the filibuster for Gorsuch and all future Supreme Court nominees and finishing a fight that Democrats started more than a decade ago by blocking George W. Bush's judicial nominees.
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